Improvement in spring-hooks for fastening garments



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABEL PUTNAM, JR., OF CHESTER, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPRING-HOOKS FOR FASTENING GARMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,933, dated November 11, 1862.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABEL PUTNAM, J r., of Chester, in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Spring-Hook lor Fastening for Vrappers, Garments, and other Articles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a section of my invention, taken in the line xx, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a section ofthe same, taken in the line y y, Fig. l; Fig. 3, a section of a modieation of that shown in Figs. l and 2, taken in the line e e, Fig. 4; Fig. 4, a section of Fig. 3, taken in the line zz.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

lThis invention relates to an improved spring hook or fastening, more especially designed for soldiers india-rubber wrappers or blankets to secure the same on the wearer, and also to fasten the wrappers or blankets together to form tents or coverings for a plurality of men.

The invention consists in the employment or use of a spring-hook attached to a button or head, or formed with a ring or loop to serve as a head, the spring-hook being constructed in such a manner that it will, when passed through the hole or eyelet in the garment, wrapper, or other article, retain or hold the hook or fastening in the same, and at the same time be capable of being readily detached at the will of the user or wearer.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A, Fig. l, represents a hook, which is formed of a single piece of wire doubled and then bent in the form of a hook. One side or part, a, of the wire is rather longer than the other, and this part is attached to the inner side of a button or head, B, which may be of any suitable form or style, as circumstances may require. The hook A proper is parallel with the inner surface of the button or head B, and the end of the side or part b of the wire of the hook is quite close to the inner surface of the button or head, but not in contact with it, the ends of both said parts being at right angles with the inner surface of the button or head. The loose or free part b of the .wire forms the spring of the hook, and the two parts a b are slightly spread apart near their ends at the button or head, as shown in Fig. 2. The parts a b, also near the button or head, are bent so as to form indentations or quick concaves c c, as shown in Fig. 2. When the hook is inserted in the hole d in one side or part e in the garment or article designed for it, the spring or part b of the hook will cause theV indentations or concaves c to iit snugly over the edges of the hole, and thereby secure the button or head to the article, while the hook can be passed into another hole, d', in the opposite side or part, f, of the garment, so as to secure the sides or ends of the latter together. (See Fig. l.)

In order to detach the hook from the hole d, the part b is simply pressed toward a, in order to free the indentations or concaves c c from the edges of the hole, and the hook may then be readily withdrawn therefrom.

Figs. 3 and 4 show a modification of the invention. In this construction the button or head B is dispensed with, and the part c of the hook is of sufficient length to admit of being bent in the form of a ring, C, which has the same relative position with the hook A, and answers the same purpose as the button or head B in the previously-described arrangement.

rIhe hook A in the last-described plan or modification is constructed precisely the same as in the one first described, and the same letters of reference are used.

The ring C, it will be seen, is an equivalent of the button or head B, and in certain cases, where economy in construction is required, will be. used in its stead.

This invention forms an exceedingly simple hook or fastening, one that may be readily applied to and detached from the article designed for it, and one that cannot become casually detached.

I would remark that in a majority of cases the holes d CZ in the garment or other article will have metal eyelets g tted in them. These would be necessary in rubber wrappers,

cloth blankets, and the like. If the article in combination with the button or head B be of leather` or other tough material, eyelets or ring C, or other equivalent, for the purmay not be necessary. pose specified. 1

Havinor thus described my invention I claim as 2Dnew and desire to secure by Letters ABEL PUTNAM JR Patent- Witnesses:

A spring hook or fastening, A, formed of a TIMOTHY STINE, piece of wire, doubled and bent as shown, M. S. PARTRIDGE. A 

